T.p. woodcut of Cospi's emblem as Accademico Gelato. His engraved port. by Adriaen Haelwegh after Justus Suttermans. Folded etched view of the Museo by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Woodcut head-piece by Veronica Fontana with port. of Ferdinand III, Duke of Tuscany, to whom work is dedicated. In-text woodcut ill., also by Fontana; see Allgemeines Künstler-lexikon. Head- and tail-pieces, initials

Signatures: +-++ A-2V 2X-2Y

Includes index

Getty copy contains 2 copies of gathering R

Binding: later coarse gray paper. Front pastedown is printer's waste, an engraved title sheet for "Le lacrime della Fama" dealing with death of Lucrezia Orologia, marchesa degli Obizzi. Edges untrimmed

[24], 532 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : 33 cm (fol.)

Preface signed: Ferdinando Cospi

Signatures: [dagger]-2[dagger]⁶ A-2V⁶ 2X-2Y⁴

Title printed in red and black

Title page woodcut of Cospi's emblem as Accademico Gelato. His engraved port. by Adriaen Haelwegh after Justus Suttermans. Folded etched view of the Museo by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. Woodcut head-piece by Veronica Fontana with port. of Ferdinand III, Duke of Tuscany, to whom work is dedicated. In-text woodcut ill., also by Fontana; see Allgemeines Künstler-lexikon. Head- and tail-pieces, initials

Libro primo, nel quale brevemente si tratta de gli animali pedestri, e volatili, che nel sudetto Museo si conservano -- Libro secondo, in cui si favella de gli animali acquatili, e loro parti, che in esso si conservano -- Libro terzo, in cui si descrivono le cose artifiziose, antiche, e moderne d'esso museo, spettanti à varie scienze, & arti liberali, & alcune manifatture nobili delle mecaniche -- Libro quarto, in cui si descrivono le medaglie antiche, e moderne, & i bassi rilievi sacri, e profani di bronzo, che in esso museo si conservano

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